Answers to my wonderful reviewers
Animefreak54: ...okay. You're kinda scaring me with all of your positive-ness. Though it is encouraging.
Tuathafaerie: Well okay then. I won't feel bad about not putting in torture. I actually thought I could put torture in, but I'm the kind that thinks what I'm going to write when I'm actually writing. My fingers do the tying. Yes...Soul Caliber is a great game isn't it? That and Samurai Warriors are my 2 favorite games.
Fiery-Ice-Kitsune: ...You and Kurama. You have to explain that one. The others I got. Oh...and watch out! Estral's trying to kill you...without getting killed himself. I also used your idea on trying to kill your human without getting killed yourself. I hope you don't mind.
Hiei's Ice Maiden: I've updated. Hope you like this chapter as much as the others.
Robin Autumn: You are one of the many people that said you loved the story or chapter...if you 'love' it, would you marry it? Sorry, it's a joke I used to say with my friends before I moved. Had to put it in here. The 'Who's Pete' thing is funny, isn't it? That's another thing I came up with before I moved.
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or anything from Philip Pullman's book. The idea to the story belongs to me and so do the characters you don't see in YYH or the Dark Materials (Philip Pullman's books) I also don't own the idea 'bout a daemon trying to kill their human without getting killed themselves. That was Fiery-Ice-Kitsune's idea.
Last time
A gold wolf appeared in front of Boton. He had light purple eyes, which were eyeing Alethia. He went up to her stomach and had a long sleek tail.
His head was cocked slightly to the side as he watched Alethia.
"So...what's his name?" Ei asked Boton.
Boton blushed a bit before answering softly, "Alethio."
"WHAT!" Alethia and I both shouted, eyes widened, as Ei and Lita widened their eyes.
Ei and Lita's eyes slowly went back to normal as Ei smirked and Lita gave off a coyote smirk.
4-Soul
Chapter 9: Hiei's Idiot Master...Hiei and Boton...
Hiei POV"Y-You called y-your D-Daemon.... Alethio! Are ya pulling my leg?" I asked Boton suspiciously.
"No! Of course not! Why would I?" She answered back.
"B-But why! WHY NAME HIM ALETHIO! Why not Bob or George or, I can't believe I'm saying this, Fredrik!" I shouted at her.
"I-I don't know! I-It just...I just named him that! How was I supposed to know yours was named almost the same as mine? I didn't even know your Daemon's name since a moment ago!"
"You're right about that." I muttered, fully thinking things through. "Though it is kinda weird."
"Yeah, 'tis is." Boton muttered.
It took me a while to finally register what she just said.
"Did you just say 'tis?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
NO! It's Sejal all over again! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! ...Well never mind. Sejal isn't that bad. A bit insane, has friends that most likely don't give fuck about her, and real friends, who are what you would call, class clowns, but she's okay.
"Uh...yeah. I guess so." She nervously, "Why? Is there some reason why I can't use that word." More confidence this time then the last.
"Why...yes there is. You're acting like my stupid, idiotic, psychotic sister! ...And no it's not Yukina. She's just a girl that I treat like my sister." I said remembering all of those times when I was with her and real her friends.
Someone will go insane by only standing with them for a minute. Yep...weird...but I got to admit they keep me amused.
"Ahh." Boton...I guess...ahhed in reply. "Okay then. Um...can we go see Asakura now? We been walking in this hallway for 'bout the last 2 or 3 chapters. Lost count."
"Oh...right. Sorry." I said, rubbing the back of my head. "Come on Ale- What were you talking about?" I asked suspiciously.
I had heard them mumbling about someone dying and I had the weird suspicion it were I.
"Oh...nothing." Alethio and Alethia both said, innocently.
"Right." I muttered as I glanced at Boton.
She nodded.
I looked back at Alethia and tried getting into her mind but...SHE BLOCKED ME!
"A BARRIER!" Both Boton and I shouted, with widened eyes.
"Yep!" They both said smiling a wolf smile.
"Damn." Boton and I muttered in unison again but I guess we didn't notice.
"Now...shouldn't we be going to that Asakura guy. I'm getting bored." Alethio yawned a wolf kinda yawn.
"Let's go." I muttered as I started walking away again. Boton was a step behind me, while Alethio and Alethia were a ways behind us, murmuring.
"Do you know what they're saying?" I whispered, keeping an eye on the 2 wolves.
"No, but I heard my name being muttered. If I ever find out what they're talking about is what I think they're talking about, I'll...I'll..." Boton tried to come up with a punishment.
"You'll find a way to kill him without being killed yourself." I helped.
"Yep...that's it. It's just that I didn't know how to say it."
"Right." I said, which was dripping with sarcasm causing a pool of black-ish liquid, with light blue streaks, to form on the ground.
...Okay...so that didn't actually happen but that's what I think sarcasm would look like, kinda.
...Kurama and Yukina...
Yukina POV
"I wonder why Genkai wanted us to go to Teken, not that I mind. I've been meaning to go there."
"Maybe to make sure Boton doesn't get in trouble. It is her first time." Kurama said.
"But that doesn't explain you...may be Hiei's there and he's acting stupid again." I thought out-loud.
He most likely went to destroy the Teken Battlegrounds...again or kill Asakura. I don't know why Hiei hates him so much.
"Hiei doesn't act stupid." Kurama said forcefully.
"What?!" I asked stopping.
HE'S GONE NUTES! Or my brother is controlling him.
"He doesn't act stupid. That would be the understatement of the century." Kurama turned to me grinning, making me grin in return.
We got to the Teken room and saw that the portal had turned gold-white, signifying that the last Mage that went through there was a Light Mage.
"Well...Hiei didn't go through here." I muttered, stating the obvious.
"Um hum." Kurama muttered, "So...who's going first."
I smirked and said, "As I always say age before beauty."
I saw Kurama frown and narrow his eyes and then smirk.
"I wouldn't be a gentleman if I didn't believe in 'Ladies First." He smiled sweetly with his eyes closed as he stood to the side, arms pointing to the portal.
Like a servant.
I laughed mentally.
He kinda looked kinda cute like that...EWWWW! What am I thinking.
I shook my head to clear it off all thoughts.
Right when I stopped Kurama opened his eyes and nodded his head toward the portal.
"All right, all right. I'll go. Bastard." I muttered before I disappeared into my portal.
I meant the term 'Bastard' affectionately. Yes, I'm weird. I usually use Bastard when I usually like someone, more then a friend. What possessed me to call Kurama one was something I don't think I'll get for a long time.
Somehow I knew that Kurama knew I was just playin' with him. That, too, was also something I won't get for a while.
Sooner or later I'd get those 2 things. Though, right now I don't know what to hope for, sooner or later.
...Hiei and Boton...
Boton POV
After a bit more walking Hiei stopped at a sliding door with a golden/white sun painted on it beside a silver/black moon.
He opened it slowly and we were back outside. Though this time there was a trail with trees lining it on both sides. The green trees swayed and leaves flew off causing ever changing patterns of shadows on the ground beneath us.
The sunlight that did come through had a shimmery look to it, like dust, bathed in light from the heavens, were raining down upon us.
This...feels like home.
The breeze played with my hair, a few strands blowing on to Hiei who tried to get them away, to no avail.
I giggled softly at his stupid attempts to get my hair out of his face that I didn't notice the dark black and silver portal that we went through.
All of a sudden I froze. We stopped in the middle of the trail. I...still felt at home but...this felt different...it felt darker.
I looked around and saw that it was midnight here.
We were still on a trail with trees lining both sides, but the wind was fiercer and the moon shone bright silver.
In simple terms the whole scene looked like the complete opposite of the place we had just walked through.
It seemed Alethio also felt the change, but put it aside.
Shadows danced around me and the wind played an odd...yet soothing tune not like the Light winds' friendly and kind tune.
"Don't worry. This place is just as safe as your Haven." Hiei muttered from beside me, in unison with Alethia who was talking to Alethio.
"Haven?" I muttered questioningly along with my daemon.
"The place we just visited, was your world, where it will remain forever, day. Here is my world, where it will remain forever, night. The worlds are the same but at the same time complete opposites. Light Mages and Dark Mages can go to each other worlds and live, feeling as if they were home as you are feeling...but our true worlds will remain out own." Hiei muttered as he held his face up toward the wind, which in return caressed his face.
Again he had spoken in unison with his Daemon.
"So...this is the Darkness Mage world. Where you were born?" I asked looking around, "And the last place was the Light Mage world...where I was born." I asked, this time not with Alethio.
"Yes."
I can't choose. Both worlds look the same but make me feel so different.
I can't even put to words how I felt...though the Light World seemed to be more homely while the Darkness World...also made me fell that way...but differently.
"This is so confusing." I growled out, frustrated.
Behind me I heard Alethio growl out as well.
Hiei laughed softly and put his arm around me.
I instantly stiffened, but began to relax.
"If it's so confusing don't try making sense of it. I never tried and I love both places with all my heart...if I have one that is." Hiei grinned and forced me to walk.
Behind me I heard Alethia mutter, "Take my word for it, he doesn't have one."
"Then...does that mean you don't have one either?" Alethio asked, slyly.
"Oh...oh, right! Damn."
"At least I don't have to worry about breakin' your heart." Alethio muttered rubbing his head with Alethia, who didn't object.
I glanced over at Hiei and saw that he wasn't blushing, while I was. He just kept his arm around me and kept walking.
That made me blush even more.
We finally went through another portal and appeared in front of door with the Yin and Yang symbol painted on it.
Before Hiei opened the door I asked, "What was the point of going through the Worlds?"
"Why...that's simple. And that's the same question I asked when I came here for the first time." – I blushed — "Well, anyway. The Worlds are kind of connected to you like Alethio is. They can sense when you're ready to go to Teken. If you're not ready...well then I don't know what happens. It's never happened before. People usually know when to come. Well their masters do."
"Who was your master?" I asked.
Instead of an answer Hiei opened the door.
Sitting on a tatami (1) mat was a man that looked to be around 20. He had black shoulder length uneven hair. It shone in the light just as his light silver eyes did. They held happiness and a hint of strict discipline, which came from the dark green glints. His eyes were almond-shaped, giving him a more child-like look.
His clothing consisted off a dark green shirt with sleeves rolled up and a white hakama (2).
A sheathed sword was at his side and a book was in front off him, which he was looking through as fast as he could.
He didn't seem to see us so Hiei cleared his throat, while Alethio growled.
Alethia and I both kept out mouths shut.
"Huh...Oh! Hiei. It's always a pleasure to see you, lad." He grinned a toothy grin.
He put a black petal to mark his place in his book as he closed it.
"Wish I could say the same to you." Hiei muttered, glaring at him.
"Now, now. Why do I get the feeling you hate me." He smiled innocently.
"Because I do, Idiot Master." Hiei said glaring.
This is Hiei's master. What?! He looks so young. He can't be Hiei's master...can he?
The man's eyes hardened, but they flashed a bit with something I suspected to be happiness. Though it was hard to tell.
Hiei and Alethia's eyes flashed with the same emotion.
"I'm so sorry to hear that, Idiot Apprentice." He growled out. "But enough of our fighting. We have new blood."
He looked strait at me, causing me to freeze for a second.
"Hello, Miss Saisa." He said using my Birth Name.
"H-How do you k-know?" I asked shakily.
"Don't worry. He knows all of the Mages' Birth Names. It's part of his job." Alethia muttered.
"Does that mean?" Alethio asked, with widened eyes.
My eyes were also widened
"Why yes, my good Daemon. I am Mokushi's, who you know as Hiei's, loving master." An innocent smile came to his lips and his eyes danced with amusement.
To be continued
(1) Tatami- straw mats you sit on in Japanese houses
(2) Hakama- loose pleated pants
So...how'd ya like it? Good, bad, pitifully sad. IF ya wanna know I came up with that in 3 seconds. Not the whole chapter you idiot, the Good, bad, pitifully sad thing. God you're dense. Oh...and one thing. When I insult you I mean it affectionately. If I really wanna insult you I would cuss you out, but not with Bastard or Bitch. When I say those I mean those affectionately too. So use this for further notice, so you won't feel insulted when I'm playin' around with ya.
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